UPSC Indian Society – Chapter 4: Tribal Society in India (20 MCQs)

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1.  

Under which Article does the President notify Scheduled Tribes?

Correct Answer: A [Article 342]

Explanation:

Article 342 lets the President specify Scheduled Tribes for each State or UT; Parliament may amend the list by law.

2.  

According to Census 2011, Scheduled Tribes form about what share of India's population?

Correct Answer: B [8.6 per cent]

Explanation:

Census 2011 counted 10.43 crore Scheduled Tribe people, about 8.6 per cent of India's population.

3.  

The criteria for identifying Scheduled Tribes were suggested by the:

Correct Answer: B [Lokur Committee]

Explanation:

1965.

4.  

Which thinker called tribals "backward Hindus" and favoured assimilation?

Correct Answer: C [G.S. Ghurye]

Explanation:

In The Aborigines – 'So-called' – and their Future (1943) Ghurye called tribals backward Hindus to be absorbed into the mainstream.

5.  

Bhili, the tribal language with the largest number of speakers in India (Census 2011), belongs to which language family?

Correct Answer: D [Indo-Aryan]

Explanation:

Bhili (with Bhilodi, about 1.04 crore speakers in 2011) is an Indo-Aryan language, like Halbi.

6.  

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act was passed in:

Correct Answer: B [1996]

Explanation:

PESA was enacted in December 1996, extending the panchayat provisions to Fifth Schedule Areas with strong gram sabha powers.

7.  

The Niyamgiri case (2013) is associated with:

Correct Answer: D [the consent of gram sabhas for mining]

Explanation:

Dongria Kondh, Odisha.

8.  

Which of the following does NOT have any notified Scheduled Tribe?

Correct Answer: C [Punjab]

Explanation:

No community is notified as a Scheduled Tribe in Punjab, as also in Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry.

9.  

Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on 15 November marks the birth anniversary of:

Correct Answer: A [Birsa Munda]

Explanation:

Birsa Munda was born on 15 November 1875; since 2021 the day is observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The Forest Rights Act, 2006 recognises community forest rights.
2. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes was created under Article 338A.
3. The Samatha judgment allowed the transfer of Scheduled Area land to private mining companies.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

The FRA recognises community forest rights and Article 338A created the NCST; statement 3 is wrong since Samatha barred such transfers.

11.  

Assertion (A): The Forest Rights Act, 2006 describes its purpose as undoing a "historical injustice".

Reason (R): Colonial and later forest laws had not recognised the customary rights of forest dwellers.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Forest laws ignored forest dwellers' customary rights; the FRA was enacted to correct that historical injustice, so R explains A.

12.  

Nehru's "Tribal Panchsheel" was set out in his foreword to a book by:

Correct Answer: D [Verrier Elwin]

Explanation:

A Philosophy for NEFA.

13.  

The literacy rate of Scheduled Tribes at Census 2011 was about:

Correct Answer: D [59 per cent]

Explanation:

Census 2011 recorded ST literacy at 58.96 per cent, well below the national rate of about 73 per cent.

14.  

The Munda Ulgulan (1899–1900) was led by:

Correct Answer: B [Birsa Munda]

Explanation:

Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan of 1899–1900 in the Ranchi region against landlords, moneylenders, missionaries and colonial rule.

15.  

The first President of India from a Scheduled Tribe is:

Correct Answer: A [Droupadi Murmu]

Explanation:

2022.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Munda Ulgulan
2. Forest Rights Act
3. Santhal Hul
4. PESA Act

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [3-1-4-2]

Explanation:

1855, 1899, 1996, 2006.

17.  

The Tribal Sub-Plan strategy was introduced in the:

Correct Answer: D [Fifth Five-Year Plan]

Explanation:

1974.

18.  

The idea that tribe and caste lie on a continuum is associated with:

Correct Answer: C [F.G. Bailey]

Explanation:

F.G. Bailey argued that tribe and caste are two ends of a continuum, with many groups lying between them.

19.  

Jhum is a form of:

Correct Answer: C [shifting cultivation]

Explanation:

practised in the North-East.

20.  

Which of the following is NOT listed as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG)?

Correct Answer: A [Bhil]

Explanation:

the Bhils are one of the two largest tribes, not a PVTG.

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